SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A Seoul court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by Paris Baguette, a leading bakery and patisserie franchise here, against the government’s intervention in its baker employment policy. After an audit, the Ministry of Labor and Employment concluded in September that the firm, also named Paris Croissant Co., violated [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Shinsegae Food Inc., the food manufacturer of South Korea’s retail giant Shinsegae, said Tuesday it has established a joint venture with a Malaysian firm as part of its efforts to expand its presence in the Southeast Asian market. Shinsegae Food said it signed a contract with Malaysian food maker [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday asked China to step up efforts to crack down on its fishing boats illegally operating in Korean waters, the foreign ministry said. The request was made in an annual consular meeting in Seoul led by Lee Jae-wan, director-general at the ministry’s overseas Koreans and consular [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — CJ Foodvill, the restaurant arm of food and entertainment conglomerate CJ, said Wednesday it will hive off its cafe chain to strengthen its competitiveness as a global brand. The company said its board members approved the plan to spin off A Twosome Place in early February 2018. There are [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Exuberant celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay visited the Conrad Hotel in Yeouido on November 18, where he extolled the virtues of Korean beer, in particular Cass, for which he is a celebrity endorsement model. Ramsay, who described himself as a fan of Korean cuisine since more than fifteen years ago, [...]
Yeongdong, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Caves that were created under Japanese rule to serve as ammunition caches have been repurposed as wine cellars and refrigerators. In 2002, the Yeongdong County government undertook a safety inspection of the manmade caves that dot hillsides throughout the county. Aiming to convert the former storehouses of weaponry to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. beef has gained a bigger presence in South Korea’s imported beef market this year helped by a bilateral free trade pact, achieving a share of over 50 percent, a trade agency said Monday. In the January-October period, U.S. beef imports reached US$989 million, accounting for 50.7 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean market for instant meals reached 2.2 trillion won (US$2 billion) last year mainly on the back of increased sales of ready to eat meals, a report showed Sunday. According to the report by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Agro-Fisheries and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean rice wine holds a higher concentration of proteins, vitamins, citric acid and other components than sake or wine, a study by the Tokyo University of Agriculture has found. The results were explained at a press conference held at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo on November 16. “Tokyo [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean agricultural cooperative is pushing to introduce a vending machine selling livestock products, such as pork and beef, targeting the increasing number of single-person households in the country, industry sources said Friday. The National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, known as Nonghyup here, will first showcase the dispenser at [...]